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GIGAR PERFORMING MACHINE. No. 324,936. Patented Aug. 25, 1885.

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ClGAR-PERFORATING MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 324,936, dated August 25, 1885.

Application filed February 5, 1885.

To @ZZ whom it may concern:

Beit known that we, ALBERT HEED and GEORGE D. HALL, citizens of the United States, residing at Barnesville, in the county of Belmont and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cigar- ]erforating Machines; and we do hereby decla-re the following to be a full, clear, and exact description oftheinvention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invent-ion has for its object to provide a machine for perforating cigars-that is, treating cigars so as to insure their smoking77 by piercing them from end to end.

rllhe invention consists, essentially, in the details of construction, arrangement, and combination of the various parts, all as more fully hereinafter described and specifically claimed.

In the drawings, Figure l is a front view, and Fig. 2 is a vertical section,of our machine on the line a: x, Fig. l. Fig. 3 represents a part of the cross-head in detail, and Fig. 4C represents a section of the needle-bar forming a part of the cross-head, all of which will be described.

ln carrying ont our invention we employ a guide-frame, preferably consisting of uprights A A, mounted on basepieces B. These uprights are adapted to guide the erosshead, usually by providing their inner faces with grooves A', into which the edges of the crosshead block lit. The cross-head consists of the block C and the needle-bar D attached thereto, the latter extending on either side of the crosshead beyond the guide-frame. By this arrangement a needle-bar of greater length than the width ofthe cross-head maybe used. Theueedle-bar D is composed of sections D and Di", placed side byside, and one ofthese sections is provided on its inner face with grooves or depressions Dl to partially receive the needles E, and the said needles are secured to the har by the section Dt', clamped by screws E toward the section D and against the needle. \\'e prefer this construction because by loosening the screws E' one or all of the needles E may (No model.)

be removed for the purpose of substituting a new needle for a broken or blunted one or a new set of needles of different length, as may be desired.

On the guide-frame, below the cross-head, we secure a stop bar or support, F, on which rests the cigarholder presently described. Between this support F and the needle-bar D we secure a cleanerbar, G, which. is provided with a perforation or perforations, G, correspending in number and arrangement to the needles E. The needles E pass through this cleaner-,bar G in their advancing and retracting movements, and the said bar G prevents the cigar-mold or the cigars from being drawn up by the needles as they are drawn out of cigars in the operation of the machine. This bar G also serves to clean from the needles any shreds or fragments of tobacco that may adhere thereto, and leaves them in proper position for a repetition of the piercing action.

On the guide-frame we secure a retractingspring, H, connected with the cross-head by arod, H. r[he ofiice of this springis to return the erosshead to its normal operative position after the said cross-head has been depressed, as will be described. XVe by preference attach the rod H to the cross-head by a threaded connection, so that the rod may be adjusted to shorten the connection between the spring and the cross-head when by frequent use the tension of the spring has become decreased. On the base we pivot one end of a lever, l, the other end of which extends in front ofthe machine in position to serve as a treadle for the operator. rlhis lever is connected by a rod, 1, with the cross head` so that its operation will effect the depression of such cross-v head, as may be seen iu the drawings.

It is well known that most cigars at the present day are made in molds and tha-t the bunch of such cigars is quickly and carelessly formed in a wad, the mold being relied upon to bring the cigar to the approved shape, consequeully, owing to the great pressure ol' the lnold and the manner in which the cigars are put together, there is frequent complaint that cigars will not smoke because it is impossible to draw through them. By our invention we take the mold J with the cigars in it, as shown in Fig. l, place it on the support F,

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anl by a movement of the lever I force the needles E downward, each piercing a cigar from end to end, insuring a proper draftopening, as will be understood. We prefer to pierce the cigars while in the mold, as by such operation, when the needles are removed, the compressing action of the mold causes the walls of the opening formed by the needles to come together, so that too great a draft may not be had at the center; but it is manifest that instead of piercing the cigars in the mold they may be pierced in any other suitable form of clamp or holder. It will also be understood that instead of supplying the cross-head with a series of needles, E, and arranging the needles of such series to correspond to the cigars ofthe mold the erosshead might be provided with but a single needle and but one cigar be operated on at a time. This would involve no departure from the broad principles of our invention, but would necessarily be tedious.

Having thus described our invention, what We claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

A cigar-perforating machine comprising` the following elements in combination: a guideframe, a stop or support for the cigar-holder, a cross-head movable along said guide-frame, a needle-clamp bar attached thereto and eX- tended laterally beyond the guide-frame and cross-head and provided with needles for longitudinally pierein g the cigar, a perforated needle bar arranged between the needleclamping bar and the cigar-holder support, a retreating-spring adjustably connected with the cross-head on the one side, and an operating lever adj ustably connected with said crosshead on the opposite side, substantially as shown and for the purposes set forth.

In testimony Whereofwe affix our signatures in presence of two witnesses.

ALBERT I-IEED. GEORG-E D. HALL.

Wi tn esses:

J oI-IN W. HINGELEY, WILLIAM E. BALL. 

